Teaching is also learning
In the heart of Shakespeare country last weekend, it was retreat time. This was the second Developing Your Novel retreat I’ve led with my writing mate and awesome tutor, Alison May. What…
Category: Reading
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Creative Grass Roots
This week I spent a lovely evening as a guest of She Voices – a group of women writers based in Richmond, in London. We gathered at the Tea Box for an…
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Thank you Colorado
There’s been a bit of excitement in my house this week…. and a very warm and fuzzy feeling for the US state of Colorado. The reason – The Wild One is a…
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The new year in reading
My New Year’s resolution involving reading for 2016 was two-fold – to alternate between reading a physical book and reading on my Kindle thus hoping to clear BOTH To Be Read piles;…
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Not so solitary
Writing is a fairly solitary occupation – well, depending on your definition of solitary. I do spend a lot of time sitting at my desk talking to imaginary people in my head.…
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THE event
This week saw the annual Romantic Novelist Association Awards – the RoNAS. It’s THE event of the year for a lot of us. A time when the RNA honours the best of…
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Three Cheers…
It seems only fitting that on Valentine’s Day, I should do a blog devoted to Romance – ah, but not just any romance. This is all about my love affair with books…
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Inventing a language
I remember as a child being chastised by my teachers for using made up words. If it wasn’t a ‘real’ word, I wasn’t allowed to use it in my school work. To…